Whole new game from Real

Platforms will always win over applications according to Tim O’Reilly in this brave new Web 2.0 world and Real has obviously been listening with its music offering RealMusic relaunching as a web-based service, so opening the door to allcomers and not only Windows users. Offering radio, videos, downloads, ringtones and more, it’s a very promising restart for a company that has been slow to react the changing digital music landscape. This is the closet thing that UK users can get to the excellent Rhapsody service. A Real Player installation is mandatory but having played with it a little over Christmas, it’s looking a pretty strong contender as a must-go music destination in terms of content on offer, still not sure of the design and interface but as a web service those changes are sooo much easier and quicker to make than in an application..

Interestingly, its music downloads come from Music Choice and not from Rhapsody’s own collection.